remanded

American  

[ri-man-did] / rɪˈmæn dɪd /

adjective

1. sent back or consigned again, as for revision.

   A remanded proposal that fails to achieve a 60% majority of votes when reconsidered shall be removed from further consideration.

2. Law.

   1. relating to or being a case sent back to a lower court from which it was appealed.

      We trust that the facts of the parties' relationship will become clearer during the remanded hearing.

   2. (of a prisoner or accused person) sent back into custody, as to await further proceedings.

      A remanded person awaiting trial at the city’s central prison has complained of overcrowding and poor sanitation.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of remand.

Other Word Forms

• unremanded
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of remanded

remand ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Jones was remanded in custody when he appeared at appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Monday.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Love was remanded in custody and the court was told a sentencing hearing would likely take place in September.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Mahad Mohammed, 19, and two 17-year-old boys who cannot be named because of their age, appeared at Coventry Magistrates' Court last month and have been remanded in custody.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Ossei was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Wood Green Crown Court for sentencing at a later date.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

By the end of the second day, the number of arrests had increased and nearly two thousand women were incarcerated, many of them remanded to the Fort to await trial.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Related Words

• delayed
• negotiated
• postponed